Each student must maintain a 3.0 Quality Point Average
(QPA) for all credits of graduate level coursework for either
degree or the certificate. Failure to maintain a 3.0 QPA in
any term will result in the student being placed on academic
probation immediately. If the student does not raise the QPA
to a 3.0 after the next nine credits, the student will be
dismissed from the program in which he or she is enrolled.

Grades for Individual Courses

All students in the Information Science/Telecommunications
programs must earn satisfactory grades in each course taken.
A grade of C-, D+, D, D-, F and Unsatisfactory are unacceptable
for graduation credit. A course for which such an unsatisfactory
grade is earned must be repeated if it is a course that
is a degree requirement (e.g., INFSCI 2000 or INFSCI 2500/2592.
Courses may be repeated only once. Elective courses need
not be repeated; another course may be taken to replace
it. However, the original course remains on the transcript
and a higher grade must be earned to maintain a 3.0 QPA.

Satisfactory/Audit (S/N) Grading
System

Students are permitted to earn at most six credit hours with
the grading option S as part of the credits required for the
degree. An S grade is equated with a grade of B, B+, A-, A or
A+. Course performance equivalent to a B- or lower will result
in the assignment of an audit (N grade) and will not count towards
graduation. A grade of satisfactory (S) has no quality points
associated with it and is not used in computing the QPA (quality
point average).

Students must decide by no later than one week after the
end of the add/drop period which grading system they propose
to use for each of their courses. This decision may not be
changed, nor may a grade of one kind received for a course
be changed to a grade of the other kind.